Improvement in cutting-pincers



lntrd tetre met @wird Lette/rs Patent No. 99,057, dated January 25, 1870.

IMIPRCVEIVIENT IN CUTTING-PINCERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern l Be it known that I, PETER BRoADBooKs, of Batavia, in the. county of Genesee, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cutting-Binners; and I do hereby declare that the following is' a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had tothe-accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in whichf Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention, show. ing a portion of the yoke O removed.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the yoke C.

The object of my .invention is to provide a convenient hand-tool, by which nails, round iron, wire, and similar metallic articles, may be easily cut off; and

It consists, chiefly, in an improvement upon my patent of June 11, 1867.

To enable others to make and use my invention, I will describe its construction andoperation. f

At agsuitable point upon the leg A of an ordinary cutting-pliers, I hinge the supplementary arm B, both arm and leg being provided with cutting-jaws, o and d.

The yoke C, figs. 1 and 2, slips over the arm B and leg A, and rests, at one end, in a depression formed upon the latter directly under the jaw d, and at the other, in a similar depression near the end of the lever D, as shown in iig. 1. The enlarged head of the lever D bears against the arm B, and, having a fulcrum upon the yoke G, closes 4the cutting-jaws with great power when A and D are grasped by the hand.

The spring A, of any desirable form, opens the jaws, and returns the lever to its extended position.

The lever D is retained in place by a rib, i, upon the arm B, entering a recess, e, in the lever, which rib may be the centre of pressure against the arm.

It will be observed that the leg A, arm B, and lever D, can be made of malleable cast-iron, whereby the tool may be very cheaply constructed, and be equally as efcient as though all the parts were forged.

The cutters cl and d 'are secured by means of screws or rivets', and may be replaced when worn out.

A spur, shown in dotted lines in fig. 1, may be provided on the. leg A, by means of which' the pincel-s may be secured in a vise for cutting wire, or other material, in quantity, in which case the lever D may be made longer, to obtain more power. If desirable, the jaws may be located at right angles to the position shown.

I do not claim specifically any of the features presentedin my former patent of June 11, 1867, or in the patent of H. Beckwith, November 24, 1863; but

What I do claim as my improvement, is-

The hinged arm B and leg A, when provided with detachable cutters c d, in combination with the detachable yoke C and lever D, when they are retained in position by the'rib t and recess e, all arranged to operate conjointly as and for the purposes set forth.

PETER BROADBOOKS.

Witnesses:

F. H. CLEMENT, WM. S. LoUGHBoRoUGH. 

